Strangely enough, I just loaded some 120 Gold dots with lever. The Hodgdon site data:
LVR 2.200" 27.5 2,337 40,500 PSI 30.8C 2,579 48,500 PSI
I checked a case full where compression would start in a Hornady case and at 2.265 it was 32.7.
GRT reacts with horror and skull and crossbones, 67,000 psi and 2857 velocity. Excessive even for the 22 inch barrel bolt gun I am loading for.
I stopped my test loads at 31.1 grains at 2.290 to limit how many rounds I would have to tear down if I reached problems around there.
(54,000 psi and 2700 fps estimated by GRT).
YMMV, and I will have more data after a day at the range but it appears to me you can blow your face off even with Lever.
LVR 2.200" 27.5 2,337 40,500 PSI 30.8C 2,579 48,500 PSI
I checked a case full where compression would start in a Hornady case and at 2.265 it was 32.7.
GRT reacts with horror and skull and crossbones, 67,000 psi and 2857 velocity. Excessive even for the 22 inch barrel bolt gun I am loading for.
I stopped my test loads at 31.1 grains at 2.290 to limit how many rounds I would have to tear down if I reached problems around there.
(54,000 psi and 2700 fps estimated by GRT).
YMMV, and I will have more data after a day at the range but it appears to me you can blow your face off even with Lever.